The roads are covered in ice and we have two winter storms moving together. I’m not going anywhere today. I’m going to take advantage of this weather-induced house arrest and write all day today. Everything in the middle grade story is plotted out. All I have to do is write from slightly past the middle to right before the ending. Since I have all this time today, I wish I was Stephen King. If I was, then I would have the thing written, edited, put aside and be working three books down the line. I am close though. I have the bones of the story, and a lot written. It needs a lot of setting work and I need to cut out half the dialog. I’m one of those writers that ends up with 90% dialog before writing settings, descriptions, etc.
So I will write as long as I can in that story, and if I get tired of it, then I’ll work on my flash fiction issues. Maybe the fantasy story. I’ve been letting that one simmer in the back of my head for a while. I may wait until tomorrow for that one because in the morning I plan to write the back story for a sea dragon. She’s an important minor character.
I know I probably shouldn’t switch back and forth between books but most of the time it works for me.
Isn’t working on something else when you get stuck on one project better than not writing at all?
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Yes and it keeps each project from getting stale. Another bonus is the ones I work on only here and there won’t be forgotten.
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